page_title: Firewood
section_title: Measurement
hierarchical_section_title: Firewood / Measurement
caption_attribution_description: English: Fuelwood market in the centre of Malian town of Djenné. Wood is a common fuel in many developing countries. Often people must travel long distances to collect shrinking supplies.
context_page_description: Firewood is any wooden material that is gathered and used for fuel. Generally, firewood is not highly processed and is in some sort of recognizable log or branch form, compared to other forms of wood fuel like pellets or chips. Firewood can be seasoned or unseasoned. It is generally classified as hardwood or softwood.
  Firewood is a renewable resource. However, demand for this fuel can outpace its ability to regenerate on a local or regional level. Good forestry practices and improvements in devices that use firewood can improve local wood supplies.
context_section_description: Usually firewood is sold by volume. While a specific volume term may be used, there can be a wide variation in what this means and what the measure can produce as a fuel. A measure of green unseasoned wood with 65% moisture contains less usable energy than when it has been dried to 20%. Regardless of the term, firewood measurement is best thought of as an estimate.
caption: Firewood at a local market ready for sale
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